Illastrate Ft. Rozewood, Hus Kingpin & Boog Brown - "Shibuya Shrine"

Producer Illastrate is in the lab working on his upcoming solo project to be released sometime this May/June. The first single is called "Shibuya Shrine" and is absolutely in-fucking-credible with stand out performances from Rozewood, Hus Kingpin and Boog Brown. REWIND!!

[Album] YAMIN SEMALI - "Senior Dues: Yen Dollar Music II"

J-Live protogé Yamin Semali is back with another full-length digital release, that might just be his best release yet. "Senior Dues" still captures the essence of Semali's soulful style, but much of it is rawer, harder and more agressive than previous releases, both from a lyrical and production standpoint. Once again the Atlanta emcee is handling the bulk of the production, with the exception of tracks 1 to 9 produced by Dublohskytzo, track 5 by Illastrate, 10 by Sam Brown and track 15 co-

produced by Count Bass D. Guest features on the 15 track project include several big underground names like J-Live, Kurupt, Boog Brown, Senor Kaos, Count Bass D, and a few others. You can purchase the download by naming your own price, or stream it for free via Yamin's Bandcamp.

Yamin Semali - "Another Way" (Ft. J-Live, Boog Brown & Joe D.)

Those of you who check The Lost Tapes on a regular basis should be well aquainted with the name Yamin Semali by now. A protogé of J-Live, he's a talented emcee who often lets his skill manifest over laid back, introspective grooves as heard on his self-titled debut album last year. Now he's back with another project - the upcoming LP "Senior Dues" drops on December 7. Guest features include Kurupt, Big Vision, Count Bass D, Small Eyez, and more. The more part includes J-Live, Boog Brown, and Joe D. who joins Semali on the lead single from "Senior Dues", an Illustrate produced winner called "Another Way" that I can see get a lot of play. You can stream below or download here.

[Album] YAMIN SEMALI - "YAMIN"

Yamin Semali (a.k.a. AmDex) got his start with the Atlanta, GA hip-hop duo Clan Destined back in the early 2000's, together with Dustin Teague. He's opening up for J-Live at the 5:th HOTvsDOPE event which takes place at the club Sound Table in ATL. Just like J, Yamin slings his music as both an emcee, a producer and a DJ, so you know this triple threat live and breathe hip-hop. This is evident on his brand new solo debut, "Yamin" which features 15 nice cuts ranging from hardedged boom bap to mellow chill-out joints. It's an LP well worth checking out, you can stream the entire thing via Yamin's Bandcamp where you can also purchase the download for $10 or order the physical CD for $12. That's a good deal for hot music like this; most of the music is self produced but guest producers and cameos include Illastrate, Ralo, Dustin Teague (DT), John Robinson, Boog Brown and more. As Jack Nicholson manically yells in "The Shining".... "GO CHECK IT OUT....!!!!!!!"